Illustration of Parker's Orbit (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Parker uses a highly elliptical orbit with Venus gravity assists to get closer to the Sun. Download: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12998

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NASA/JPL/WISPR Team

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